Thanks Bryce, From what we can tell, the pot file is regenerated in-situe when running make only sometimes. Mostly it doesn't, but then when certain files change, it does.
So if we want such a thing, we should decide if we want it in the general make command or not. But the normal make probably shouldn't ever change the repository. Martin, On Sat, 2017-07-01 at 10:52 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 04:01:32PM +0200, Martin Owens wrote: > > > > Dear Translators, > > > > I'm at the Inkscape Hackfest here in Paris and we were wondering if > > it > > would be good or bad to remove the pot file and po files from the > > master branch and separate them out into their own repository. > > > > The pot file gets modified on each make, and it's causing some > > minor > > issues for developers. So the preference for developers is for > > removal. > Did it get sorted out why the .pot file is getting modified on each > make? It didn't used to do that, so it seems the root of the problem > is > this. > > I'll defer to translators but from a release perspective I've been > given > to understand that having the .pot and .po files with the source file > is > strongly preferred. > > > > > But this depends very heavily on HOW translations for inkscape are > > done. If they are done 'in-place' or if translators expect to use a > > service like launchpad translations which keeps track of > > everything. > There had been a discussion about using launchpad translations when > we > migrated to LP years ago, but what I recall was that the general > consensus was that it was not desireable to use and unlikely to > stimulate translation activity, so it was never formally adopted. > > > > > Please let us know what you would like us to do with pot and po > > files > > regarding development. > Keep me apprised of what decision was reached here, this will affect > release management if it's changed... > > Bryce > > > > > Best Regards, Martin Owens > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------- > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-translator mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-translator ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-translator mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-translator
